An analysis is carried out which considers the relationship of orbit mechanics to the satellite navigation problem, in particular, meteorological satellites.

"A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--

Introduces a climate index based on radiative transfer theory and derived from the spectral radiances typically used to retrieve temperature profiles.

Visible and infrared image data from the scanning radiometer on the NOAA-2 and NOAA-3 satellites are received by a VHF "APT" Station at Colorado State University. In addition to producing the regular hard-copy photographs, the taped signal is specially processed by electronic means, converted from analog to digital form and further processed in the computer. Details of the processing steps and equipment will be described and the meteorological application...